Desire is individual. Happiness is common.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now.
Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.
Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.
Desire creates its own object.
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
Desire is normal. Attention is normal, and that's okay.
It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
The gratification of desire is not happiness.